Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at North West Regional Hospital
Half of patients at North West Regional Hospital waited 97 days or less for carpal tunnel surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Carpal tunnel release". This public hospital is in the Park Grove area of Tasmania.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 97 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 58 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 160 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 115 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 58 days in 2016–17 to 97 days in 2024–25 — up 67% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mersey Community Hospital, about 50 km away, at 48 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.2%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Carpal tunnel release" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| North West Regional Hospital | 97 days | 0.0% | 58 surgeries |
| Tasmania (all public hospitals) | 63 days | 4.2% | 381 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 53 days | 3.5% | 2456 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 71 days | 5.2% | 9994 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 71 days marks the national median.
Mersey Community Hospital, TAS · about 50 km away: 48 days
Launceston General Hospital, TAS · about 114 km away: 69 days
Royal Hobart Hospital, TAS · about 236 km away: 50 days
Bass Coast Health, VIC · about 272 km away: 25 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon], VIC · about 319 km away: 75 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul], VIC · about 320 km away: 29 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 328 km away: 43 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 329 km away: 48 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- North West Regional Hospital
- TAS
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | North West Regional Hospital (days) | TAS (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 58 | 77 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 84 | 83 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 87 | 97 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 138 | 84 | 70 |
| 2020–21 | 113 | 105 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | 111 | 112 | 82 |
| 2022–23 | 67 | 78 | 83 |
| 2023–24 | 63 | 63 | 72 |
| 2024–25 | 97 | 63 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at North West Regional Hospital · Carpal tunnel surgery across Australia · Carpal tunnel surgery in Tasmania · All surgery waits in Tasmania